Mike Jones Minute-Con 5/11/26

In today's #MikeJonesMinuteCon, we're talking about the Switch 2 price hike and new partners for The Walking Dead!

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With other consoles raising their prices, it was only a
matter of time before Nintendo had to do it too.
The Switch too will cost more all around the world
and for us in the US, the price will go
up by fifty bucks to five hundred dollars starting on
September first. The two biggest factors are the worldwide RAM
shortage and changes in the global markets, which have both

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dictated that the price needed to increase. But Nintendo's president
Shintaro Forakawa promised that they will have a robust software
lineup to enhance the value of Switch to ownership and
many game announcements will be coming soon. And in other
money news, Deadline reported that AMC Global Media is looking
for buyers for the rights to The Walking Dead. AMC

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CEO Kristin Dolan said that there are some very interested
partners who want to get into the Walking Dead business,
and if any deals are to be made, they would
look at all of the options. That could mean parts
of the franchise with some stories and characters, or doing
it as a whole whatever it ends up being this
will be big bucks for sure with the Walking Dead.

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